Wednesday, July 7, 2010

It sure has been a scorcher outside lately. Yesterday the temps reached 94F and today is even hotter. Thankfully I am missing most of the heat as I am inside working.

In the case (which is my case) that neither your house nor your car have air conditioning, here are a few (interesting) things I have learned to help stay cool -

After a morning run, when cooling down is really not going to happen, opt for an extremely cold shower. This will not be easy, but it will be worth it when you don't start sweating again immediately after exiting the bathroom.

Try to avoid drinking hot coffee at work as this will just make you hot once again!

When leaving work, make a mad dash to your car and proceed to roll down all the windows and then zoom out of the parking lot to increase air flow into steaming hot car.

Once you reach home, proceed to change out of sweat drenched work clothes and into something else that you are ok with becoming sweat drenched.

Place a chair outside in a shaded area, optimally near a electrical outlet. Place a high powered fan in front of chair, plug into outlet and turn it on. Sit there and let the air blow over you.

So I am exaggerating with a few things on the list, but not having AC in the car is killing me. I have been driving the same car since I was 16 and the AC conked out about 3 years ago. Plus trying to cool down from the mornings runs has been hard when I am trying to get to work on time. I have been taking it easy this week with running as the Boilermaker is just 4 short days away!!

one sumemr when I worked in Atlanta..this sounds horrible but I was working for this company that sold educational books and part of our training was that we should take a 5 minute cold shower every morning. I personally gave that a big FU after one morning, but know people that did it every day! Never once turned on the hot water for an entire summer!

I can totally relate to this, I don't have a/c in my apartment or car either. It's been pretty brutal but thankfully I can escape the heat by working out in my office gym in the am and stay a little late at the office so it's not SO hot when I get in my car.

Wow - no a/c in the car? That is rough! I have a/c in my car, but don't have central air in my house. I do have a wall unit in the living room but i have been trying not to use it because it makes for a very expensive electric bill. But i gave up this sunday when i came home and my condo was 87 degrees. So now I have been running it non-stop! Don't even want to think about the electric bill!

this heat is insane... my stupid AC in my car is fussy and unless i'm going like atleast 45-50 mph for some reason it shoots out hot air.... so totally not ideal for driving slower in town... sigh. i could fix it but that costs money and i'm lazy and id rather complain! HAHAHAHA

you sure will boil in the BOLIERmaker this weekend. har har har... <3 heheheehe